Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 149662.015 - Employee Is Killed When Crushed By Lift

Accident Summary Nr: 149662.015 -- Report ID: 0625400 -- Event Date: 09/13/2022
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1622056.015	09/14/2022		238110	Keystone Concrete Placement

Abstract: At 3:15 p.m. on September 13, 2022, an employee was cutting concrete to widen a louver opening at a wastewater treatment plant. When the sawblade became unsteady, the employee handed the saw to a coworker to repair. While the coworker was repairing the saw, the employee was standing on a pallet placed on the forks of a 2015 JLG SkyTrak Telehandler 8042 lift. The employee was leaning his arm against the back guard of the lift. When the lift moved forward, the employee's shoulder was crushed between the concrete wall and the back guard of the lift. The employee was killed by blunt force trauma to the right arm, including scrapes, brushing, lacerations, multiple fractures, and transection of the right basilic vein.

Keywords: Arm, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Caught Between, Concrete, Crushed, Crushing, Cutting, Forklift, Forks, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Pallet, Powered Industrial Vehicle, Run Over, Saw, Severed, Sewer Treatment Plant

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Sewer/water treatment plant		Maintenance or repair					X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1622056.015	50	M	Fatality		Concrete and terrazzo finishers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Cutting concrete pavement Fatality Cause:

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